Cotton-picker&#39;s sack.



Patented May 6, I902.

J. H. HOLMES. COTTON PIGKEBS SACK.

(Application filed Aug. 28, 1901.)

(No Modal.)

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JOHN HENRY HOLMES, OF KIPLING, MISSISSIPPI.

COTTON-PICKERS SACK.

SPECIFICATTQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,324, dated May 6,1902. Application filed August 26, 1901. satin no'nasto. on, model.)

To aZZ 1072 017 it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HENRY HOLMES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kipling, in the county of Kemper and State of Mississippi,have invented a new and useful Cotton-Pickers Sack, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cotton -pickers sacks; and the object of thesame is to provide a strong and durable sack having means for positivelyholding the same in proper position on the body of the user andreinforced against wear at such points which are usually weak andordinarily break through, the lower end of the improved device beingparticularly strengthened, so that said end may be permitted to dragupon or touch the groundsurface when the pickeris in stoopiug posture oron his knees when the cotton picked is thick.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view representing acotton-picker with the improved sack applied in operative position. Fig.2 is an enlarged sectional perspective view of a portion of the lowerend and one corner of the improved sack.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the views.

In the manufacture of the sack the bodyl will be made of suitable toughmaterial and of a size requisite for the purpose for which it isdesigned. The outer side portion of the body at the upper extremity isout down, as at 2, to provide means of easy access to the sack, andextending from the rear side of the body at the top, diagonally acrossto the front side of said body, are short reinforcing-straps 3, whichare riveted at their ends and prevent tearing down of the cornerportions of the front and rear sides of the body at the upper end of thelatter. A waist-belt 4 is also secured to theinner side of the upperedge portion of the inner side of the body, and adjacent to the straps 3a shoulder-strap 5 is also attached to the said inner side of the bodyfor application as shown by Fig. 1, the belt and shoulder-strap beingseparable and adjust able. From the lower portions of the shoulder-strap5 brace-straps 6 extend inwardly to the upper portions of the inner sideof the body, and by this means the mouth portion of the sack will alwaysbe maintained in close relation to the body of the user in such mannerthat the free outer side will have a continual open tendency,particularly after cotton has been deposited in the sack. This willavoid the'annoyance and delay incident to a necessary opening of themouth of the sack when cotton is deposited therein.

Another serious defect in cotton-pickers sacksfas heretofore constructedhas been the liability of the same to burst or Wear through at the lowercorners and by contact with the ground to wear and break through at thebottom. To overcome these disadvantages, the improved sack has afabricstrip 7and a leather strip 8, respectively applied to the outer andinner sides of the bottom fold of the sack and extendf ully over thetransverse extent of the latter, said strips 7 and 8 being secured byrivets 9, passed through the same and the embraced thicknesses of thesack adjacent thereto. The two strips 7and 8 may be formed of leather orany other suitable material, and it will be seen that abrading Wear onand bursting out of the bottom fold of the sack will thus be prevented,and as cotton-pickers usually rest on their knees when the cottonbeingpicked is thick the sack will drag on the ground and rapidly .wearwhen made in the ordinary manner. By means of the strips 7 and S theliability to wear under the circumstances just mentioned is materiallylessened, and a great saving in the expense of sacks results. Across thestrips 7 and 8 at the corners of the bottom of the sack are doubledreinforce leather straps 10, which extend vertically and are alsosecured in place by rivets 11. It will be seen that the corners of thebottom of the sack are provided with a double reinforcing means, whichwill resist any tehdency to burst or break through at said points.

The entire sack is of a strong nature, and material expense will besaved in the use of such devices. Though the sack has been especiallydevised for cotton-pickers use, it will be understood that it isproposed to employ it for any other purpose to which it may beapplicable.

the lower corners of the latter above the planes of said strips, andmeans for holding the sack in operative position on the body of theWearer,whereby the lower end'of the sack may be permitted to drag uponthe ground during the operation of cotton-picking with greater wearingdurability.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HENRY HOLMES.

Witnesses:

J. H. ADoooK, O. H. HULL.

